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CURRIE, Thomas
(Service number 64888)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	20 March 1886	Place of Birth	NZ

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Morven, South Canterbury
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Matilda CURRIE (mother), Morven, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Shepherd

Death

Date	18 November 1931	Age	45 years
Place of Death	Cromwell
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 33, Plot 315A
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Currie was the son, probably the youngest child, of Thomas and Matilda (née McClintock) Currie. Thomas was drawn in the seventh ballot in 1917. He died just five months after his father and is buried with his parents in the Timaru Cemetery.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [13 May 2019]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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